How can these writings connect and support ourselves as emerging conscious members of the community?7/30/2019 My recent readings have ventured me through musings regarding wonderment, curiosity, imagination, inquiry, and age, and although the range of topics were vast, they all felt connected and intentional. First, I concluded my reading of “A More Beautiful Question” which felt like a satisfying conclusion to Warren Berger’s central thesis regarding the strength and necessity of a question. His confrontation with the human being’s fear of inferiority, and its direct impact on our comfort with posing questions was incredibly significant in my eyes. In my experience as a student, I have come across many situations in which me or my classmates are confused and frankly lost but are afraid to ask questions for fear of appearing behind or less than others. My views align with Berger’s almost identically, and I believe that it is only with situations of questioning that we can push ourselves into achieving greatness in our craft whether it be educational or professional. His mention of the effect of the internet on our continued curiosity and tendency to ask questions does not seem like an issue we will address in class, but it does seem like an issue we as human beings growing up in the 21st century will come across. Personally, I believe that the internet has done great things to assist in human curiosity and knowledge, and although there are cons, as there is with anything, I believe that the internet has brought about a new age of accessible information to be curious about and to ask questions about. |
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November 2019
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